Arctic Adventures
2/1/2020
This week in early kindergarten we continued our study of Arctic animals. We discussed where these animals live, how they hide themselves, what they eat. and how they take care of their babies. We learned words like habitat, predator, prey, qiviut, and blubber. We watched several clips about polar bears, musk oxen and walruses, and we also watched a short a video of a father teaching his son how to build an igloo, as well as several clips about polar bears, musk oxen and walruses. The children were so engaged! When Mrs. Jaeger, our dedicated PNA art teacher, entered the classroom and discovered what we were studying, she immediately (and happily!) changed her plans on the spot and began teaching us how to paint musk oxen. This involved learning how to mix the primary colors to make dark brown and the add the teeniest bit of white to make light brown. Paint mixing was a big challenge for the preschoolers, but they loved it! The next time that we had art we got to practice paint mixing again in order to get the black paint we needed to paint orcas. We began with painting an orca tail and then we made another painting with an entire orca. When it came to mixing the paint for the water, all kinds of blues emerged from the preschoolers’ palettes! Thank you for your enthusiastic help, Mrs. Jaeger, in extending our learning about Arctic animals!
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Dot Watts
2/1/2020 04:27:59 pm
I am enjoying learning more about my grand daughter's experiences and activities at PNA. We live in Reno now so don't get to see her as often as we would if we still lived in Anchorage. Thank you so much .
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Melissa SmithMs. Smith has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has taught kindergarten for many years. Alaska has been home to Ms. Smith for 28 years, and she can't imagine living anywhere else! She has four children, a dog and two cats. She loves reading, camping, gardening, and genealogy! Archives
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